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IPOs fewer but performing well

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
Fewer companies sought to list on the ASX in the first half of the year but IPO investors were rewarded well on the listing day, according to HLB Mann Judd's biannual IPO report. Only 23 companies listed in the six months to June, raising $823 million. ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
Sovereign investment portfolios around the world have gone back to holding the largest chunks of their assets in fixed income after concerns about volatility in equities markets, says Invesco. Globally, sovereign investors increased their fixed income ...

Shock win leaves investors worse off

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... take action to protect what they have," she says. "Giving clients options and working through various scenarios and 'what ifs' restored some confidence." Apt Wealth Partners senior investment analyst Sarah Gonzales agrees, saying Apt's clients were told ...

Industry fund fined over independent advice claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... available to Hostplus members was independent advice after receiving a complaint. ASIC said it was concerned Hostplus and IFS were not independent of each other based on this relationship: Hostplus employees were appointed as authorised representatives ...

Members dismiss intra-fund advice: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... be collectively charged, particularly if it does not involve a related pension fund," ASIC said. Industry Funds Services (IFS) chief executive Cath Bowtell flagged at the Conference of Major Super Funds in March that a working group is underway to urge ...

Insurance expert joins $33bn super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... group insurance expert as its new head of insurance. Shane Fielding joins Hostplus from insurance broking and consulting firm IFS Insurance Solutions, where he spent nearly 12 years in senior roles. Fielding joined IFS Insurance Solutions, which was ...

Super funds eye intra-fund advice shake-up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... Major Super Funds has heard. Speaking on a panel discussing the future of advice in superannuation, Industry Funds Services (IFS) chief executive Cath Bowtell said it's high time the industry comes together to overhaul the outdated rules behind intra-fund ...

Investment manager chair retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... senior adviser, finance at ANZ and a former head of investment banking at JPMorgan. It is understood Industry Fund Services (IFS) chief executive Cath Bowtell will become chair of The New Daily. IFS is also a part of ISH. Speaking to Financial Standard ...

Government names AFCA board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... standards and conduct committee. Fairley is Equipsuper's independent chair; he also founded specialist superannuation law firm IFS Fairley and the Law Council of Australia Superannuation Committee. Turner is a consumer advocate who serves as the ...

Royal Commission must cast net wider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... chief executive Cath Bowtell says she would welcome any review into the quality of advice provided from advisers licensed by IFS. "We continuously improve our quality assurance regime, and any input from the regulator would feed into that process," she ...